Fountain pen



Feb. 5 1924.

J. H. KRITIKSON FOUNTAIN PEN Filed June 27. 1921 Patented Feb. 5, l924l.

JOHN H. KRITIKSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOP, BY MESNEASSIGNIJIENIS, TO KBITIKSON BROS, INC, 01 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ACORPORATION 015 ILLINOIS.

FOUNTAIN PEN.

Application filed June 27,

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN H. KmTIKsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Fountain Pens, of whichthe following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a 10 part ofthis specification.

The invention relates to improvements in fountain pens and primarily tothe self filling type, which employ an ink reservoir and means foractuating the reservoir to fill it.

The invention herein disclosed relates to an extremely simpleconstruction for controlling the filling of the reservoir, whichmaterially reduces the manufacturing cost an of the pen and readilyallows of its association and disassociation to and from the barrel ofthe fountain pen, and in which the number of parts employed foraccomplishing the desired end is reduced to a minimum.

The particular arrangement shown herein, for accomplishing the inventionconsists of a presser bar, presser bar actuating lever and a member foractuating said lever the latter being directly connected to the lever Pand being rotatively and longitudinally movable with respect to thebarrel. The

lever is connected directly to this rotatable member and the former isconstructed so that upon an outward movement of the It? rotatable.iember the reservoir will be compressed and upon an inward movementthereof the reservoir is allowed to expand and be charged with ink.

The invention is susceptible of various changes and modifications andtherefore is not limited to the particular construction illustrated, thescope thereof being defined by the appended claims forming a parthereof.

4f; The invention will be explained in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawings in which,

Fig. 1 is a partial section of a fountain pen having the inventionapplied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the structure in a changedposition.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the structure shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and Fig.a is a section taken on line 4. l of Fig. 1.

The structure includes the use of the 1921. Serial No. 480,828.

usual pen barrel or handle 10, one end of which carries the pen point11, and the opposite end the knob generally designated 12, which isassociated with the lever mechanism generally designated 13. This knoband lever mechanism provide the means for actuating the pressure bar 14which extends lengthwise of the reservoir 14 and compresses it upon theactuation of the lever in one direction and permits the reservoir toexpand and when the bar is elevated by the actuation of said levermechanism and knob. This knob 12 is provided with the threaded portion15 which cooperates with the threaded portion 16 of the barrel to movethe knob inwardly and outwardly with respect to the barrel when saidknob is rotated in opposite directions with respect thereto. This knob12 is provided with an extension 1"!" having the enlargement or head 18and the reduced or neck portion 19, this extension is arranged centrallywith respect to the knob 15 and moves with the knob when the latter isactuated. The head 18 is preferably rounded as shown at 20.

The lever generally designated 13 is pivoted between its ends upon thepin 21 which cooperates with the downwardly extending ears 2222 whichconform to the shape of the bore of the cylinder or barrel 10. The end23 of this lever is curved downwardly and this end of the lever isarranged between the knob 12 and the head of the extension 17, the neck19 of this extension projects through a slot 2 1 provided in thedownturned end of the lever. This end of the lever is also curvedtransversely to conform with the shape of the curved portion of thehead. This assists in allowing the head to move freely with respect tothis end of the lever upon the actuation of the knob 12 or when thelatter is mover outwardly, with respect to the barrel 10.

The free end of the lever is provided with the lateral extensions 25-25which are spun from the material of which the lever 18 is formed. Theseextensions 2525 are arranged in apertures provided in the upturned sides26 26 of the presser bar 1%.

When the knob 12 is rotated and moved outwardly the enlargement or head18 engages the underside of the curved or cam shaped end 23 of the lever13 which moves this end upwardly and causes the reservoir 14-. to becompressed. This outward movedent that an extremely ment of the knob andits headed extension is limited in this movemnt by the engagement of thereduced or neck portion 19 and the material defining end of the slot 24.When this end of the lever is in this last named position the extremityofthe curved portion of the lever is in engagement with the face 27 ofthe threaded portion of the knob and therefore, immediately upon theinward movement of the member or knob 12 the end of the lever to whichthe presser bar 14 is attached is moved upwardly which allows thereservoir to expand and fill. The curve of that portion of lever 13adjacent the knob. is such that the bar is started upon its reservoircompressing movement immediately upon the outward movement of the knob.When this knob is in its most inwardly position the extremity of thecurved end of the lever is in contact with the flat face 27 of the knobwhich holds this lever in its elevated position without applying anypressure upon the ink reservoir 143 From the foregoin description it isevisimple arrangement is produced for quickly compressing and releasingthe reservoir to permit it to expand and be filled.

Having thus described the invention what I claim and desire to cover byLetters Patent isl 1. In a fountain pen the combination of a barrel, anink reservoir, a lever having a curvedslotted end and means foractuating said lever to, contract and permit the reservoir to expand,said means including a rotatable member which is movable length wise orthe barrel andh'aving'means pro.- jecti'ng therefrom through said slotand into engagement with said end of the lever to control the raisingand lowering of y the lever.

2. In a means for controlling the, collapse and expansion of an inkreservoir for founta'in pens, the combination of a lever, hav inglaterally extending arms arranged between the ends of said lever andproviding a 'pivot for said lever, a presser bar arranged at one end ofsaid lever, the opposite end of said lever extending longitudinally andlaterally and curved in the plane of its length and having a slot whichextends lengthwise of said last mentioned end, and means for engagingand actuating said lever, said means being movable endvxise of saidbarrel.

3. In a means for controlling the collapse and expansion of an inkreservoir for fountain pens, the combination of alever having laterallyextending arins arranged between the ends of said lever and providing apivot point at which said lever is pivoted, a presser bar arranged atone end of said lever, the opposite ends of said lever extendinglongitudinally and laterally and curved in the plane of its length andhaving a slot extending lengthwise of said curved portion and means forengaging said last mentioned end of said lever to actuate said lever,said means being movable lengthwise of the fountain pen barrel andhaving a portion which extends through the slot and having elementswhich engage the opposite faces of the curved slotted portion to causethe actuation of said lever upon the endwise movement of said means foractuating the lever.

4. In a. means for controlling the collapse andexpansion of an inkreservoir for fountain pens, the combination of a lever pivot'edintermediate its ends, a presser bar connected to one end of said lever,the opposite endof said lever extending longitudinally and laterally andc'urvedin the plane of its length and having a slot, rotatable meansmovable lengthwise of the fountain pen barrel for actuating said leverto cause the lever to compress the reservoir and to permit it to expand,said means including inean's for engaging the opposite sides ofsaidlaterally curved slotted portion, said last mentioned means beingadapted to engage that portion of said laterally extending portionnearest the pivot of the lever upon its initial reservoir collapsingmovement and to engage that portion of the lever adjacent the extremityof said laterally curved slotted portion upon the movement of therotatable means which permits the reservoir to expand.

5. In. a means for controlling the collapse and expansion of an inkreservoirfor fountainpens, the combination of lever pivoted intermediateits ends, a presser bar connected to one end of said lever, the oppositeend of said lever extending longitudinally and laterally and curved inthe plane of its length and having a slot, rotatable means movablelengthwise of the fountain pen barrel for actuating said lever andcausin -n18 lever to compress the reservoir and permit it to expand,said means including means for directly engaging the laterally curvedslotted portion; said last mentioned means being engageable with thatportion of said curved portion nearest the pivot of the lever upon itsinitial reservoir collapsing movement and increasing the action of saidlever upon the reservoir as said means is moved toward the end of thecurved portion and to engage that portion of the lever adjacent theextremity of the curved portion upon that movementof the rotatable meanswhich allows the reservoir to expand.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 16th day ofJune,'A. D; 1921'.

JOHN H. KRITIKSON.

